I live in the same house Iโve lived in for 25 years. I havenโt gone off and bought mansions, you know, even though my subject is livingโฆ living in a mansion wouldnโt do for my readers. I have to keep my credibility alive with my readers, so weโre in the same place. I just make that place nicer and nicer. Andโฆ and thatโs a secret. And people donโt know that. People think, oh, she lives in this fabulous place, itโs the same old place. It started out like a farm, it got to be a farmette, then it got to be an estatelet. I built a wall, it helped a lot. But itโs the same place, the same grounded nature.
Martha StewartI really do have rules for running and managing a business that have never been formalized before.
Martha StewartI try to seek out and surround myself with people who just percolate fresh, original, and creative ideas.
Martha StewartWhen I got married and had a child and went to work, my day was all day, all night. You lose your sense of balance. That was in the late '60s, '70s, women went to work, they went crazy. They thought the workplace was much more exciting than the home. They thought the family could wait. And you know what? The family can't wait. And women have now found that out. It all has to do with women, or the homemaker leaving the home and realizing that where they've gone is not as fabulous, or as rewarding, or as self-fulfilling as the balance between the workplace and the home place.
Martha Stewart